The Association of Azorean Emigrants has just released a children’s book “Azores – Hunting for the American Dream” that tells the story of the first Azoreans who arrived in the United States of America by whaling in the 18th century. The president of the association, Rui Faria, historical coordinator of…
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The Attleboro Portuguese community faces difficulties in organizing the traditional Holy Ghost Feast for 2020. Attleboro priest blocks Holy Ghost feast…
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The Council for the Portuguese Communities (CCP) presented a series of proposals to increase civic participation in elections, in which it advocates in-person voting, by mail and electronically. According to a statement, the permanent council of the CCP intends, with these ideas, to contribute to “larger civic participation of Portuguese…
The sound of the rattles echoed to celebrate Caretos World Heritage status at “Casa do Careto de Podence” when the live broadcast from Colombia confirmed that the traditional “mascarados transmontanos” are, as of today, Immaterial Heritage of Humanity.
Praia, 11 Dec 2019 (Lusa) – The Cape Verdean Prime Minister, Ulisses Correia e Silva, said today that the moment “much desired happened”, with the classification of the morna as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, which now represents increased responsibilities for Cape Verde. “The expected and much-desired moment…
The ambition of the International Foosball Federation to elevate the sport to the Olympic modality encourages an effort of recognition in Portugal, where the players ask for more support and competitive regularity to reach further. The Junta de Freguesia de Seroa, in the municipality of Paços de Ferreira, district of…
The legislation is known as the “FRIENDS Act”, which opens two categories of business visas to Portuguese in the U.S., was approved Tuesday night (Wednesday morning in Lisbon) with bipartisan support in the House of Representatives of Congress.
The shortage of teachers and the constraints of the department of education are affecting the expansion of Portuguese teaching in California,
Lisbon, 02 Dec 2019 (Lusa) – The Portuguese beach soccer team, which became world champion on Sunday, will be received on Tuesday by the President of the Republic, at the Palace of Belém, announced the Presidency of the Republic earlier today. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who congratulated the national team…
Lisbon, 30 Nov 2019 – Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg announced today that her arrival in Lisbon is scheduled for Tuesday morning, before traveling to Madrid, the Spanish capital, to attend the summit on climate change (COP25). “Day 18. We are on our way to Europe. The day scheduled for…
The Dr. Edward Leitão Memorial Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications for scholarships from Portuguese-American students interested in pursuing medicine or other health careers that provide direct patient contact, following the fund’s goal of filling the need among the community for Portuguese- speaking health professionals. To be considered for these…
Lisbon, Nov 29, 2019 – Thousands of activists, mostly young people, are protesting on the streets of Lisbon to demand government measures to protect the planet, stressing that it is already known what “the solutions are, but the actions are missing”. The demonstrators in Lisbon are associating themselves with another…
Lisbon, 28 Nov (2019) Portugal was distinguished as the best tourist destination in the world for the third consecutive year by the World Travel Awards, in a ceremony that took place today in Muscat, Oman. This distinction was awarded for the first time to Portugal in 2017, renewed in 2018…
New York, United States, 24 Nov 2019 (Lusa) – Billionaire and former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg today officially announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party primaries, with the aim of defeating Republican Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential elections. “I am running for president to defeat Donald Trump…
Lisbon-Maceió, Lisbon-Montreal and Lisbon-Ponta Delgada-Boston are TAP’s new routes. Unbeatable economy and efficiency of new aircraft drive the Company’s growth.In four years, TAP already serves the same number of North American cities as it does in Brazil. TAP continues to invest heavily in the Americas and once again expands its…